NSMutableArray sorting - case insensitive

Question

I am sorting an NSMutableArray as follows:

    NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor;
    sortDescriptor = [[[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:str_key ascending:bool_asc_desc] autorelease];
    NSArray *sortDescriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObject:sortDescriptor];
    NSArray *sortedArray;
    sortedArray = [ads_printers_array sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:sortDescriptors];

The problem is that this is case sensitive, and I would like to make it case insensitive. How can I do that? I tried reading the docs and found something like this:

sortDescriptor = [[[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:str_key ascending:bool_asc_desc selector: @selector(caseInsensitiveCompare)] autorelease];

However, I have no idea what I should be putting in the selector argument. Thanks!

Bikaner

Checkout following post: https://mcmap.net/q/271962/-i-want-to-sort-an-array-using-nssortdescriptor – Ween

Thank you, for anyone interested the selector method that I used is (localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:). Cheers! – Bikaner

possible duplicate of I want to sort an array using NSSortDescriptor – Nica

Perfect, thank you. (Is anything in Objective-C straightforward..?!) – Theologize

Answer 1

NSSortDescriptor *sortDescriptor = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:str_key 
    ascending:YES selector:@selector(caseInsensitiveCompare:)];

ads_printers_array = [ads_printers_array sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:[NSArray 
    arrayWithObject:sortDescriptor]];

Vulture

Answer 2

For Swift, do the following:

let sortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: sortDescriptorKey, ascending: true, selector: #selector(NSString.caseInsensitiveCompare(_:)))

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